Tar sands emissions are the fastest growing source of GHG - TopicsExpress



          

Tar sands emissions are the fastest growing source of GHG emissions in Canada. According to the Pembina Institute, oilsands emissions having grown by 62 per cent since 2005. The sector now accounts for eight per cent of Canada’s total — the same amount as the emissions from all the coal power in Alberta and Saskatchewan combined. . . .The International Energy Agency estimates that business as usual, including the tar sands industrys expansion plans, will commit us to as much as six degrees Celsius of global warming, which will destabilize the global climate and cause serious problems for all of us.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:26:14 +0000

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